Intelligent CRM for real estate professionals is the latest innovation for fast-growing brokerage

June 22, 2018

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Contactually, a cloud-based intelligent customer relationship marketing platform for real estate, announces that it is now the official CRM for Engel & Völkers Minneapolis, serving nearly 50 Engel &Völkers advisors in the Minneapolis area. This selection continues the company's global reputation for embracing and adopting the latest technology to best benefit their agents and the clients they serve.

"We are focused on upgrading and enhancing our client-centered relationships," said Chris Peterson, Director of Operations, Engel & Völkers Minneapolis Downtown. "Since adopting Contactually as our CRM of record, we've seen an over 90% adoption among our advisors. This software helps our real estate professionals maintain and deepen their relationships and grow their businesses in a sustainable way."

"It's a true honor to work with Engel & Völkers Minneapolis," said Zvi Band, CEO and co-founder of Contactually. "The company is committed to adopting the latest technology in a thoughtful and intelligent way. Having this forward-looking firm join our expanding list of brokerages using Contactually at the enterprise level affirms our mission of providing tools that help real estate professionals see a measurable increase in their bottom line."

This is only the latest innovation for Engel & Völkers Minneapolis, the company recently announced the grand opening of the company's virtual reality theater, a first for the Minneapolis real estate market.

Over the past year, Engel & Völkers Minneapolis has enjoyed outstanding growth. Agents have seen a 9% increase in gross commissionable income. The firm has seen an 83% growth in transaction sides and 47% growth in the amount of advisors that have joined the team.

"When one of our most successful teams started using Contactually and saw strong results, we knew it was something we had to bring to the whole office," Peterson added. "Contactually's many integrations and features for maintaining and managing business relationships have quickly made this platform indispensable for our office.

Contactually currently manages over 220 million relationships for its clients and recently debuted its latest feature, Best Time To Send, which enables users to schedule an email at the exact time the recipient will be most likely to respond, based on their past relationship history. This new tool increases open and response rates, further enhancing Contactually's utility as a builder of lasting profitable relationships.

For more information or to schedule a meeting with a Contactually expert, please visit http://www.contactually.com/

About Engel & Völkers
Since its beginning in 1977 as a specialty boutique providing exclusive, high-end real estate services in Hamburg, Germany, Engel & Völkers has become one of the world's leading companies specializing in the sale and lease of premium residential and commercial property, yachts and private aviation. Engel & Völkers currently operates a global network of over 9,000 real estate advisors ?in more than 30 countries, offering both private and institutional clients a professionally tailored range of luxury services. Committed to exceptional service, Engel & Völkers supports its advisors with an array of premium quality business services; marketing programs and tools; multiple platforms for mobile, social and web; as well as access to its global network of real estate professionals, property listings and market data. Each brokerage is independently owned and operated.

About Contactually
Contactually provides a SaaS-based intelligent customer relationship management (CRM) platform for real estate agents and brokerages. In simply minutes a day, Contactually's easy-to-use platform enables personal engagement at scale, resulting in more leads, referrals, and increased business. Proudly located in Washington, DC, Contactually employs approximately 70 people and has raised $12 million in capital to date from Grotech Ventures, Rally Ventures, Bull City Venture Partners, Middleland Capital, and others. For more information please visit us at https://www.contactually.com/.